DARK CITY

In the dark city the battle to control the humanmind rages as the evil business demigod continually develops new methods for assimilation.The invasion of the technological
tentacles has taken many forms, creeping into our homes, into our
bodies and advertised on giant video screens attached to the
buildings. The villain to is a master of transformation consisting
primarily of a devious philosophy as opposed to a physical force.
Trained in the art of mass manipulation the demigod can move through
images, sounds, electronics and airwaves not unlike the transit
frequented by ghosts.

In this instance we can see the monster
moving through the bricks, pipes and wires of a big city building. As
the face of the architecture become the face of the warlord the
street below suffer a subliminal assault. The windows turn to eyes
and the bricks become demonic teeth while he transforms the metal
tubes to create a giant hand. With this constructed appendage the
beast takes hold of a billboard and the electric wires under his
influence inject the dark ideas.

On the screen a beautiful young model
appears smiling and boasting ideals. As she twirls her hair and tilts
her head seductively the mechanical metamorphosis begins. The top of
her face, her consciousness if you will, begins to separate from the
rest of her body. From the insides of her head menacing mechanical
tendrils spring forth and reveal themselves as the latest new trend.
Still smiling and somehow still alluring despite the metallic
mutation the model continues to dance across the screen. In the
streets below the people barely seem to notice yet not a single one
of them has truly escaped the hypnotic attack.

“The City of Gears” is a series of
detailed pen and ink drawings using superhero comics and science
fiction memes as a symbolic representation of the real world. The
drawings were meant to question and compare commercial ideologies and
the influence of media and electronics with simple human
interactions. I made these artworks will working as a full time
graffiti street art performer in the city of Toronto and was inspired
by all the crazy activities that I witnesses while sitting in the
middle of the downtown core.